Newbie question: Are bridle straps necessary? and more

[Isaac OLEG]

Hi,

Worn buts and not enough dip, but often more play at the key is
necessary.
It may be checked that the hammer is able to "drop" after letoff.

So on any muffler piano the letoff is yet the size of the mufler, and
on other verticals it may be necessary to have the letoff larger than
minimal.

A very good check of the letoff/checking (dip) balance is to play,
when the action is well balanced the tone is optimum. You can notice
that checking farther of the strings allow for more strenght in the
tone. then I check the repetition playing staccatto faster & faster.

Tightening the straps means no less than 1.5 mm play of the jack under
the but, on keyboards that are leaded towards the front, you can't
tighten the strap much, as when the left pedal is depressed the keys
will go lower ,cause the whippen don't push on them then. Customers
don't like this effect generally.

Voicing make repetition work better too.

Just a few normal ideas

Regards.

Isaac OLEG Z







> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Carl Meyer
> Envoyé : dimanche 10 novembre 2002 21:26
> À : Pianotech
> Objet : Re: Newbie question: Are bridle straps necessary? and more
>
>
> I do remember the article about bridles by Jim Ellis.  I
> was glad to see that.  After years of profanity about
> bobbling hammers I had recently found that tightening up
> the bridles some would help.
>
> Everyone says  "More Dip!! More Dip!!.  Well, you could
> have 3 inches of dip and still have bobbling hammers at
> very soft playing since the key doesn't reach full dip (if
> at all) till after the bobbling has taken place.
>
> I believe that among the causes of hammer bobbling are weak
> hammer springs, poorly shaped or worn butts and excess
> blow.  The things I try first are tightening the straps,
> reducing the backcheck distance and widening the let off.
> I've even had bobbling hammers after putting on new butts
> and flanges.  Tightening the bridles was what finally
> improved the situation.
>
> Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
> Santa Clara, California
> cmpiano@attbi.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Newbie question: Are bridle straps necessary?
>
>
> > > I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the PTJ
> article(s) by Jim
> > > Ellis on this subject, in which he definitively proved
> that bridle
> > > straps have a real (measurable) contribution to repitition.
> >
> > Patrick Draine
> >
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